Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
the body of electors who formally elect the United States president and vice president;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Elector \E*lect"or\, a. [Cf. F. ['e]lectoral.]
Pertaining to an election or to electors.
[1913 Webster]
In favor of the electoral and other princes. --Burke.
[1913 Webster]
Electoral college, the body of princes formerly entitled to
elect the Emperor of Germany; also, a name sometimes
given, in the United States, to the body of electors
chosen by the people to elect the President and Vice
President.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
electoral college
n 1: the body of electors who formally elect the United States
president and vice president